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GEORGE F. WILSON, OF EAST PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

WAGON-SEAT FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,151, dated May 25, 1880. Application filed April 12,1880. (No model.)

. invented a new and useful 'Wagon-Seat Fastener, which invention is fully set forth in the following specification.

placed upon the rail of the body, and unless fastened they are liable to be displaced by the movement or jolts of the wagon.

The object of this invention is to produce an inexpensive and readily-applied device, adapted to secure a seat of ordinary or suitable construction in position on the rail, while at the same time permitting it to be easily and quickly removed when desired.

The device consists of an attaching-plate which is secured to the side of the seat, a'flat spring attached at one end to said plate, and a bolt carried by the free end of said spring, which bolt fits under the edge of the rail.

In order that the invention and the manner of carrying the same into effect may be readily understood, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and represent a wagon-seat fastener constructed in accordance with said invention.

Figure 1 is a front view of the Fig. 2 a side View, partly in section, showing the same in position, and illustrating the operation.

A is the attaching-plate, and B the bolt.

0 is a flat spring, attached to the plate A by a pivot or rivet at c, and movable between stops 0, and carrying at its free end the bolt B. This latter extends through a hole in the attaching-plate, and at its outer end is provided with a head or button, by which it can be withdrawn when required. The spring in use retains the bolt in the hole in the plate. When the bolt is withdrawn the spring can be turned to one side against one of the stops 0, and the bolt will then rest upon the plate. This position is shown in dotted lines in both figures.

D represents a part of the seat, and .E the side of the wagon-body, the latter being constructed with a projecting rail, 0, in the usual way. The fastener is secured, by screws passing through holes in the attaching-plate, or by other suitable means, to the side of the seat, or to the upright which forms the supfastener, and

port of the board or cross-piece constituting the seat proper.

The position in which the fastener is secured is clearly shown in Fig. 2. It is such that the plate A extends below the lower edge of the side or support of the seat, so that the bolt B, In wagons the seat or seats are usually vhen the seat to which the fastener is secured a placed in position on the rail, will fit beneath the projection e thereon.

In order to place the seat in position the bolt is drawn back and the spring is turned into the position indicated in dotted lines. The spring and bolt are then turned into the position shown in full lines, and the bolt passes through the hole in the attaching-plate, under the projection e, in which position it is held by the spring. To remove the seat the bolt is withdrawn.

Two of the fasteners are used for each seat, being placed on opposite sides. 7

It is obvious that more or less modification may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit of this invention.

Having thus fully described my said invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be carried into effect, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A wagon-seat fastener comprising an attaching-plate a flat spring secured at one end to said plate, and a bolt carried by the free end of said spring and adapted to operate in connection with the rail of the wagon-body, substantially as described.

2. In a wagon-seat fastener, the combination, with the attaching-plate, of the flat spring connected at one end with said plate by a swivel-joint, and a bolt carried at the free end of said spring, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the attaching-plate, bolt, flat spring pivoted or swiveled. to said plate and carrying at its free end the aforesaid bolt, and stops for limiting the movement of the spring, the aforesaid plate being provided with a hole for the passage of the bolt, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' GEO. F. WILSON.

Witnesses:

PHILIT MAURY,

A. PoLLoK. 

